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Re: Macros for time magic values

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-03-15T14:16:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr> writes:
> Would it help moving toward Leap Second support, and is this something
> we want to have?

IMO we don't want to have that, as it would completely bollix datetime
calculations of all kinds.  You couldn't even count on stored timestamps
not changing their meaning.

			regards, tom lane